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Classes & Objects

Class Members
A class is comprised of class members:
class City {
● Attributes, also known as member data, consist of
information about an instance of the class.
// Attribute
● Methods, also known as member functions, are int population;
functions that can be used with an instance of the
class. public:
// Method
void add_resident() {
population++;
}

};

Access Control Operators

●
public int population;
●
private
public:
public members are accessible everywhere; void add_resident() {
private members can only be accessed from within population++;
the same instance of the class or from friends classes. }

private:
bool is_capital;

};

Objects
In C++, an object is an instance of a class that
encapsulates data and functionality pertaining to that City nyc;
data.

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Constructor
For a C++ class, a constructor is a special kind of method
that enables control regarding how the objects of a class #include "city.hpp"
should be created. Different class constructors can be
specified for the same class, but each constructor class City {
signature must be unique.

std::string name;
int population;

public:
City(std::string new_name, int new_pop);

};

Destructor
For a C++ class, a destructor is a special method that
handles object destruction, generally focused on City::~City() {
preventing memory leaks. Class destructors don’t take
arguments as input and their names are always // Any final cleanup
preceded by a tilde ~ .
}